No it was the shallow end. She reacted by trying to dive. Arms were out in front but they bent upon impact. She thinks her hand protected her from a head injury but when she hit her neck over extended chin to chest. That's how she remembers it and how it was explained to me. It wasn't the force of the impact, but just a bad angle. Our spinal cords are more fragile than you think

It had many elements like a best friend pushing her friend in a pool, an accident 4 weeks before the wedding. Girls stays best friends! Couple stays together and the girl hurt is not only able to talk about it 5 months later but is super positive and already participates in adapted sports. All of that makes for a rare story. Today show wanted something uplifting and continued to follow us. Accidents happen all the time, but not many people are so willing to talk about it so soon with a smile on their face. She is amazing

Wheelchair: she has a blinged out colours shockblade with turquoise paint and spinners on her wheels. That thing is so heavy though
Vehicle: we have a Braun ramp van that she's able to drive. The front seat turns for easy transfer and of course she has hand controls

That's gotta be tough man. I can't even imagine. You find out who's really there for you when you get hurt. A lot of the guys I know who play quad rugby are in new relationships that are way better than their original one

The way I ha it explained to me: she got pushed and reacted by trying to dive and putting her arms out in front of her. Her arms didn't lock out when they reached the bottom.. She things her hand protected her from head injury but the angle caused her neck to over extend the wrong way on impact. It's not that she went in hard. It was the angle of the fall.

The media feeds off of the positive aspect of a situation. No one wants to hear about physical pain, money troubles, bladder and bowel issues. We've often talked about how interesting a reality show would be. I think it would give people insight into a world they haven't yet seen. There hasn't been a lot of pressure necessarily but the difficult aspects of her injury just don't seem like topics we should be covering on the today show couch

I know Rachelle gets personally offended when people say everything happens for a reason. She feels more physical pain than anyone could know and there is nothing that could come good out of that. Having said that; you can give a situation a purpose. Make something positive of it by your own choices